as in often
many times
the little girl demanded over and over to be picked up so she could see the performers on stage
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Recent Examples of over and over
Doing so isn’t easy, but Choi’s characters manage it over and over.
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Lily Meyer, The Atlantic, 3 June 2025
Pack snacks or use your tote as a stylish diaper bag—it’s made to be reused over and over again.
—Sophia Beams, Better Homes & Gardens, 3 June 2025
The ongoing bloodshed in America’s streets is just Maxwell Street Express, over and over again.
—Malcolm Gladwell, New Yorker, 2 June 2025
Engineers and scientists still rely on numerical solvers to compute every single instance of a physics problem from scratch, over and over again.
—Yujie Huang, Forbes.com, 2 June 2025
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Lily Meyer, The Atlantic, 3 June 2025
Pack snacks or use your tote as a stylish diaper bag—it’s made to be reused over and over again.
—Sophia Beams, Better Homes & Gardens, 3 June 2025
The ongoing bloodshed in America’s streets is just Maxwell Street Express, over and over again.
—Malcolm Gladwell, New Yorker, 2 June 2025
Engineers and scientists still rely on numerical solvers to compute every single instance of a physics problem from scratch, over and over again.
—Yujie Huang, Forbes.com, 2 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for over and over
Adverb
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The owners went before the city council to ask for 15-minute parking for their customers who often grab orders and leave quickly.—
Alecia Taylor,
Kansas City Star,
13 June 2025
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When conducting immigration raids, federal agents from the D.H.S., including Border Patrol, and from the F.B.I. often do interact with crowds of angry community members.—
Bora Erden,
New York Times,
13 June 2025
Adverb
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Having a player who is constantly creating second chances for your team is a huge boost to your offense.—
Mat Issa,
Forbes.com,
10 June 2025
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The incident's central command constantly receives progress reports from firefighters on the ground.—
CA WILDFIRE BOT,
Sacbee.com,
9 June 2025
Adverb
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But not the human beings repeatedly shot with rubber bullets in the street?—
Chad de Guzman,
Time,
10 June 2025
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When pain and reward are repeatedly coupled, people report a weaker pain response.—
Peter Ubel,
Forbes.com,
10 June 2025
Adverb
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Given the relatively small protest area — which has been concentrated in just a few square blocks — officers from various agencies have frequently ended up in close proximity.—
Bora Erden,
New York Times,
13 June 2025
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Harvest the beans frequently to encourage additional bean production.—
Sheryl Geerts,
Better Homes & Gardens,
13 June 2025
Adverb
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Will Bromell continue to capture his old form again and again?—
Cory Mull,
Forbes.com,
8 June 2025
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Going back again and again to that panicked night shift when the bleeding patient died under my hands was an unexpected salve for the unforgiving finality of the actual events.—
Danielle Ofri,
New Yorker,
7 June 2025
Adverb
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My house never looks like that and my stomach certainly isn’t that flat and why do recipes always take 20 minutes longer than described?—
Audrey Ingram,
People.com,
3 June 2025
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No matter how firm our beauty boundaries may be, a product will always come around and test them.—
Celeste Polanco,
Essence,
3 June 2025
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“Over and over.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/over%20and%20over. Accessed 17 Jun. 2025.
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